The Bandai World Cup competition is an international competition that is usually held at the end of the year in Hong Kong. Competitors from countries around the world compete first in their home countries, and winners from those competitions are pit against one another for the Bandai World Cup event in Hong Kong. In the United States, there are several preliminary competitions held at various anime conventions, and the final winners then compete against one another to determine the representative for the United States. The current locations for this year’s preliminaries are as follows: Semi-Final Events Regional contests will be held in at the following conventions. Other venues may be added. Sakura-Con Seattle, Washington April 22-24 Website: www.sakuracon.org FanimeCon-San Jose, California May 27-30 Website: www.fanime.com Anime Expo, Los Angeles, California July 1-4 Website: www.anime-expo.org Otakon, Baltimore Maryland July 29-31 Website: … Read More